IVMS rollout hits installation milestone
More than a quarter of the English inshore fleet has already been fitted with the new devices as the Inshore Vessel Monitoring System (I-VMS) rollout approaches the six-month stage, according…
Satlink certified to supply UK inshore VMS systems
Spanish technology company Satlink is the only foreign entity that has been certified and authorised by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to supply Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) to the UK…
Greenpeace activists sink granite rocks from the "Beluga II". The activists use the boulders to protect the marine reserve Adlergrund from destruction by the bottom trawls of industrial fishermen. Fishermen plough through the seabed quite legally even in explicitly protected areas, thus destroying the ecosystem.
Greenpeace Aktivistinnen versenken Granitgestein von Bord der „Beluga II“. Mit den Felsbrocken schützen die Aktivistinnen das Meeresschutzgebiet Adlergrund vor der Zerstörung durch die Grundschleppnetze der Industriefischer. Fischer durchpflügen den Meeresboden sogar in ausdrücklich geschützten Gebieten ganz legal und zerstören so das Ökosystem.
MMO accused of breach of trust over boulder dumping decision
The NFFO has slammed the Marine Management Organisation, accusing it of chickening out, after already having effectively won its legal case against Greenpeace for dumping boulders on fishing grounds. ‘The…
English fishermen can look forward to the I-VMS rollout in 2022
VMS on the way for English under-12s
The MMO has confirmed that VMS is to be rolled out next year for the English <12m fleet, and suppliers have been invited to start submitting products towards a type…
Image: Equinor/Ole Jørgen Bratland
MPA fishing ban – another industry sell-out
The NFFO has hit back at the Marine Management Organisation’s announced intention to outlaw towed gears in the Dogger Bank SAC and the majority of three other offshore MPAs, describing…
UK authorities issue 2200 fishing licences
Following the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK, new fishing licences were issued buy the MMO on New Year’s Eve 2020, intended to ensure minimal disruption…
Exports of live shellfish are particularly vulnerable and require frictionless transport links
New rules for 2021 could cripple English seafood exports
A group of the English fishing industry’s big names have written to Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs George Eustice to set out serious concerns over MMO…
The Dogger Bank scallop fishery remains closed for a further three weeks
Dogger Bank scallop closure extended
The current closure of scallop fishing on the Dogger Bank will be remain in place for a further three weeks until 23:59 on 29th August. This follows a preliminary analysis…
77% of the UK <10m fleet has registered to use the MMO Catch App
Two-thirds of under-10s register for the MMO Catch App
According to the MMO, more than 1900 UK under-10-metre fishing vessel owners have registered on the system, representing 77% of the fleet. Over 27,000 individual catch records have been recorded…
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries saw record attendance last week as it hosted its first virtual event
Fisheries APPG goes online to brief MPs
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries group’s online Support for the Fisheries Sector attracted over 70 participants from all over the UK. MPs and high-level officials from across the…